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AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz for the Conversation When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #philsky

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ABSTRACT. Much of the literature on values in science is framed around the idea of a shift in the status of the so-called value-free ideal (VFI) for science: having been widely accepted in the past, it has now come to be thoroughly rejected. Instead, the commonly asserted view now is that there is a new problem for philosophy of science to address, namely, distinguishing appropriate from inappropriate value-influence on science. While understanding the many intricate ways that values can influence science is an important task for philosophy, we argue that this framing—that there is a single phenomenon to be understood or a single problem to be solved—is misleading and liable to distort inquiry. This framing creates a chimera.

ABSTRACT. Much of the literature on values in science is framed around the idea of a shift in the status of the so-called value-free ideal (VFI) for science: having been widely accepted in the past, it has now come to be thoroughly rejected. Instead, the commonly asserted view now is that there is a new problem for philosophy of science to address, namely, distinguishing appropriate from inappropriate value-influence on science. While understanding the many intricate ways that values can influence science is an important task for philosophy, we argue that this framing—that there is a single phenomenon to be understood or a single problem to be solved—is misleading and liable to distort inquiry. This framing creates a chimera.

Just accepted:

The New Chimera for Values in Science
– Arnon Levy & Jacob Stegenga

Abstract in alt text or read the paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#philsci #philsky

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ADHD, Attachment Theory and Epistemic Injustice

Bozena Zoric summarises the argument of her recently published monograph ADHD, Attachment Theory, and #EpistemicInjustice on the #projectEPIC blog epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/04/adhd... #philsky

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The CFA is still open
#philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

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Europe as a Battleground: Migrant Islam vs. Right-Wing Populist Christianity Christianity is a strong, living, modern religion.

#Islam #Christianity #PhilosophyOfReligion #Philsky

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👀 New Publication
In his new paper 'Evidence Resistance and Control', published in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social discusses evidence resistance.

🧠 Curious? Read more >> buff.ly/mnzJTxv

#newpublication #distrust #knowledgecrisis #philsky

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#83 Wisdom Gates: Paradox, Care and Discovery with Puzzle-Maker Jasen Robillard Listen now | every community is an invitation to care about something together, but what?

open.substack.com/pub/lovephil... #puzzles #philsky #care #games

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Rethinking the Purpose of Philosophy

My entry for the Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene is finally out! It is truly amazing to have my work feature in such an important editorial project. Read more here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#philsky #envhum #anthropocene #philosophy

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Research in the Wild: Epistemic Authority in AI Still writing, slowly but surely!

Grappling with Gramsci possibly writing in too dark a period for me to speak of “AI subalterns” but AI warfare makes me feel less uneasy about my choice #PhilSky open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...

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Why mental metaphors do not help us understand chatbot mistakes - Synthese Synthese - The function of chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT is based on detecting probabilistic patterns in the training data. This makes them vulnerable to generating factual mistakes in their...

I am delighted to share Markus Pantsar's (@markuspantsar.bsky.social) and my new contribution to the philosophy of AI. Out now in Synthese (Open Access)! #philsky 1/3
doi.org/10.1007/s112...

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Text: Digital personalities teach people what to admire, what to mock, what to ignore, and whose experience actually matters.

Text: Digital personalities teach people what to admire, what to mock, what to ignore, and whose experience actually matters.

This includes the bot farms. 📖 have a read: tinyurl.com/8kw2seke

#philsky #philosophy #confucius #substack #ren #li #junzi #chinesephilosophy #ancientwisdom

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Factivism Defended: A Reply to Howard - Volume 122, Issue 8, August 2025 In a recent article, Nathan Howard argues that normative reasons for action are to be identified not with facts, but with fact/goal pairs. For example, on Howard’s view, the reason in favor of me cook...

"Factivism Defended: A Reply to Howard"
J. J. Cunningham
Volume 122, Issue 8, August 2025
Pages 433-448

doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

#newpaper #philsky #philosophy #philosophysky

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Asymmetric Vulnerability without Subordination: Reconciling Value-Enabling Vulnerability with Relational Equality (Chapter 6) - Vulnerability and Relational Equality Vulnerability and Relational Equality - April 2026

New Publication Alert! "Asymmetric Vulnerability without Subordination: Reconciling Value-Enabling Vulnerability with Relational Equality" doi.org/10.1017/9781...

In a cool volume on relational equality and vulnerability edited by Costanza Porro and Christine Staehle

#philsky #poltheory 1/

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“For in this sleep of death what dreams may come…”

—Shakespeare

#PhilSky #Tuesday

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🧪 Life as a Self-Constructor
An approach that might finally allow us to determine what makes life so special.

Check out the free article at Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/drchrise...

#science #philosophy #biology #philsky

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Reference Magnetism Beyond the Predicate: Two Putnam-Style Results - Volume 122, Issue 8, August 2025 Many accept David Lewis's (1983) claim that, among the candidate meanings for our predicates, some are more natural than others—they do better or worse at “carving nature at its joints.” Call this cla...

"Reference Magnetism Beyond the Predicate: Two Putnam-Style Results"
Rohan Sud
Volume 122, Issue 8, August 2025
Pages 405-432

doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

#newpaper #philsky #philosophy #philosophysky

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The Ethics of Public Health Paternalism Martin Wilkinson’s book The Ethics of Public Health Paternalism is a normative analysis of paternalistic governmental policies within liberal...

Oh boy, why not just sit in your armchair & cut your toe nails? #PhilSky #PolSci #BookSky | #welfare #economics

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Nice, thanks! But haha, "portfolio of roughly 4–5 articles being typical by the time scholars secure their first permanent position" -- wish that were true for Germany... #philsky #IchBinHanna

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On the Very Idea of Valenced Perception - Volume 122, Issue 8, August 2025 Tradition contrasts “cold” (sense) perception with “hot” emotion and affect. Against this backdrop, it has recently been argued that perceptual experiences have another fundamental phenomenal aspect, ...

#newpaper #philsky #philosophy #philosophysky

"On the Very Idea of Valenced Perception" by Hilla Jacobson

doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

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Traumatic memories often make the past overshadow the present. How much of this influence is due to memory? Judith Carlisle (Tennessee) is at The Memory Palace today with an intriguing discussion of this question. Check it out!
#philsky #philscisky

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Can You Be Traumatized by Something You Don’t Remember? Judith Carlisle (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

In traumatic memory, many people remember the event which led to the trauma. But is the memory necessary for their trauma, and if so why? Today at The Memory Palace, Judith Carlisle (Tennessee) explores the many connections between memory and trauma.
#philsky

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“Take our political problems…The idea that we might conceivably have something to learn from our traditional, non-technological, culture is not at all starry-eyed. Ideally, politics is applied ethics. But ethical wisdom does not necessarily increase with technological advancement."--Wiredu #philsky

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Social Construction of Emotions 3.0 | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core Social Construction of Emotions 3.0

new paper out in the journal of the APA: Social Construction of Emotions 3.0.
i believe our first draft dates back to 2018 🙃
#philsky #philosophy

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Il semble y avoir une utilité délicate dans la gestion des erreurs. Si on épelle ανυπομονώ comme ανηπομονώ, il n’y a aucune raison pour fixer sur la faute d’orthographe, mais si on calcule incorrectement 5.16 au lieu de 7.21, on se demande pourquoi.

#langsky #french #français #philsky #philosophy

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Partial functions and Church’s Thesis - Logic Matters Alex Oliver and Tim Smiley’s magnum opus Plural Logic runs to some 340 pages before the end matter in the second edition. The final chapters are heavy going, involving detailed developments of some cu...

A quick blog post commenting on the claim by Alex Oliver and Tim Smiley to have shown that the “easy” direction of Church's Thesis is wrong.

I'm not persuaded -- and neither should you be!

www.logicmatters.net/2026/04/06/p...

#philsky #mathsky

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American Philosophical Association

I'm looking forward to it. Great comments from diverse perspectives by Villegas, Elliott-Graves, and Skillings. Conference info: apaonline.org/2026pacific#APAPacific26. There's a pinned thread on the book at my profile. #philsci #hpbio #philsky #evolution #ecology #symbiosis #causation #probability

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Book 28: Merleau-Ponty Phenomenology of Perception

#booksky #bookchallenge #philsky

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The Department of Philosophy 2026 Beardsley Lecture.
Join us for a lecture by Associate Professor C. Thi Nguyen, University of Utah, entitled:
The (Extremely Social, Very Pluralistic) Engagement Account of Aesthetic Value
April 10, 5-7:30 pm
Temple University Center City (TUCC)
1515 Market St. Philadelphia,  PA 19102
Room 222
Reception to follow

The Department of Philosophy 2026 Beardsley Lecture. Join us for a lecture by Associate Professor C. Thi Nguyen, University of Utah, entitled: The (Extremely Social, Very Pluralistic) Engagement Account of Aesthetic Value April 10, 5-7:30 pm Temple University Center City (TUCC) 1515 Market St. Philadelphia, PA 19102 Room 222 Reception to follow

Temple University's Beardsley Lecture is fast approaching.
The 2026 Beardsley Lecture, presented by Thi Nguyen, will be at TU’s Center City campus, 2nd floor at 5pm on April 10.

See attachment for more information. #philsky

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The Normative Common Ground: Blame and Communication* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 3 Many theories of responsibility claim that holding someone responsible is “incipiently communicative,” but it has been difficult to pin down just what this amounts to. We offer an account of (1) a dis...

In what sense is blaming communicative? Taylor Madigan and Edward Schwartz present “The Normative Common Ground: Blame and Communication” at doi.org/10.1086/739653 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

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Hobbes and the Ideal Citizen Podcast Episode · Philosophy Talk · 5 April · 51min

ICYMI Yesterday's not-at-all nasty, brutish, or short broadcast on political philosopher Thomas #Hobbes is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/rs/podcast/h... #PhilSky

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